John C. Reilly Quotes

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

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• I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Time
  • Women
  • History

• I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

  

  Lacey Chabert
  • Always
  • Mirror
  • Little

• Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Self
  • Just
  • Some

• When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.

  

  Oliver Stone
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• My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.

  

  Finn Jones
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• Never judge a person if you don't know him.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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• Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

  

  Laura Dern
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• I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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  • Family
  • Soul

• The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!

  

  Maimonides
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• I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.

  

  Ice Cube
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• The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

  

  Vernor Vinge
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• I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

  

  Edie Falco
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• I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it's a publicity stunt that we've convinced people it's delicious.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
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• I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

  

  Ian Mckellen
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• I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.

  

  Victor Borge
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• Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
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• Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Happy

• I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Sports
  • Really
  • Shakespeare

• The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.

  

  Edgar Wright
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  • Movies

• I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.

  

  LaTanya Richardson
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  • Yourself

• I don't want to be able to see the audience.

  

  Bobby Darin

• As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

  

  Martin Freeman
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• My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good sense by the end of the year as to whether they are moving in the right direction.

  

  Barack Obama
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• A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

  

  John C. Reilly
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